Rugby Australia is working with the Rugby Union Players Association on a new player payment structure alongside plans to help Super W clubs.
Bienne Terita has found a silver lining to her Commonwealth Games selection heartbreak.
The Waratahs men were not in the stands to support the NSW women in the Super W final on Saturday.
Despite the result,Waratahs coach Campbell Aitken lauded the inclusion of the Fijians in the competition,saying his side’s dominance had become “boring”.
After not playing any rugby at all in 2021,the Fijiana Drua haven’t lost in their first Super W season. And the heavyweight Waratahs are loving the challenge.
As a member of a famous Fijian footballing family,Iliseva Batibasaga is proud of the Fijiana Drua’s Super W success. But she doesn’t want that success to extend too far.
After initially being knocked back by AAMI Stadium,the Super W decider has been added to the Super round schedule in Melbourne,where every team in the competition will play over three days.
Good news for Australian rugby on the signing front keeps rolling in,with rising Brumbies lock Darcy Swain set to put pen to paper.
The Western Force will become only the second Australian Super W side to pay their players,in a move that will ramp up pressure on rivals to follow suit.
Former Waratahs and Wallaroos legend Ash Hewson isn’t happy about proposed changes to Super W this year but Rugby Australia is adamant things will be back to normal in 2022.
Rugby Australia made the call to name the Waratahs champions after topping the women's competition standings with four wins out of four.